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they're using -- and acts. france is using some nail clippers. we don't seem to be getting rid of any of our 5000 civil servants over the next five years. the second biggest power in terms of the economy in the european union, when unemployment is rising, factories closing of entrepreneur's are leaving, europe is getting worse. we also expect france to show europe the way as one of its most committed members to you did that and mali, mr. president, and parliament pays tribute t you. that means one thing of course. first, france has to propose for the whole of europe. what we need to come up with today, together. is a model for european solidarity. kathleen has just said that. your opportunity, mr. president, is that now we need to decide upon the european budget right to the end of this decade. our problem is that today, around the table of counsel, no one is standing up in favor as europe apart from one. everyone is speaking for their own domestic purposes. you spoke in favor of a high budget last time you in the european parliament, president.
they're using -- and acts. france is using some nail clippers. we don't seem to be getting rid of any of our 5000 civil servants over the next five years. the second biggest power in terms of the economy in the european union, when unemployment is rising, factories closing of entrepreneur's are leaving, europe is getting worse. we also expect france to show europe the way as one of its most committed members to you did that and mali, mr. president, and parliament pays tribute t you. that means...
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america is for all of us, and we should protect all of us. this morning the senate has the opportunity to vote for an amendment that goes in the opposite direction from the coburn amendments and allows us to help more victims of serious crime in the united states and around the world. this morning the senate is voting on the traffic victims reauthorization act written with the input of victims and service providers. it makes critical improvements to existing law. last year this legislation had 57 cosponsors including 15 republicans. in particular i thank senator marco rubio of florida, who's been a strong cosponsor of this important measure. today is february 12. this is a day in which abraham lincoln was born. it was 150 years ago that he delivered the emancipation proclamation. i think it would be fitting that the senate pass the trafficking victims protection reauthorization act on his birthday. although the 13th amendment to our constitution was ratified long ago that made slavery illegal, we continue to fight human trafficking, and human
america is for all of us, and we should protect all of us. this morning the senate has the opportunity to vote for an amendment that goes in the opposite direction from the coburn amendments and allows us to help more victims of serious crime in the united states and around the world. this morning the senate is voting on the traffic victims reauthorization act written with the input of victims and service providers. it makes critical improvements to existing law. last year this legislation had...
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the end result shouldn't surprise us. it's this spiral of expanding that, welfare, regulation that politicians at the expanding welfare beneficiaries have any desire to stop insulting skits about that there's no alternative. but there's a political problem because unfortunately in democracies in which many people see the state as the primary provider of economic security, meaningful restraint of government intervention and spend name is very politically difficult. why? is anyone who promises to try and reduce the scope of intervention in real terms is in many respects at a severe electoral disadvantage. at luxembourg's prime minister jean-claude junker famously lamented in 2007, quote, we all know what we have to do, but we don't know how to get reelected once we have done it, end quote. in other words, if enough people in a democracy what security through the state regardless of cost, capacity politicians to oppose desires of 51% of the population is very limited. because to resist is to court electoral rejection rsp sta
the end result shouldn't surprise us. it's this spiral of expanding that, welfare, regulation that politicians at the expanding welfare beneficiaries have any desire to stop insulting skits about that there's no alternative. but there's a political problem because unfortunately in democracies in which many people see the state as the primary provider of economic security, meaningful restraint of government intervention and spend name is very politically difficult. why? is anyone who promises to...
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all of us are sinners. all of us have done wrong. all of us have broken the law at some point in our lives. if you are an adult, you have broken the law at some point in your life. i find that some people will say oh, yes, i'm a sinner. i have made mistakes, but do not call me a criminal. do not call me a criminal. and i say, okay, maybe you never drank underage. maybe you never experimented with drugs. the worst thing you have done in your entire life is speed 10 miles over the speed limit on the freeway, you put yourself and others in the risk of harm that someone smoking marijuana at the privacy of their own living room. but there are people serving life sentences for first-time drug offenses. life sentences. the u.s. supreme court upheld life sentences for first-time drug offenders against an eighth amendment challenge that such sentences were cruel and unusual in the u.s. supreme court said no, no, it is not cruel and unusual to sentence a young man to life imprisonment for a first-time drug offenders, even though virtually no o
all of us are sinners. all of us have done wrong. all of us have broken the law at some point in our lives. if you are an adult, you have broken the law at some point in your life. i find that some people will say oh, yes, i'm a sinner. i have made mistakes, but do not call me a criminal. do not call me a criminal. and i say, okay, maybe you never drank underage. maybe you never experimented with drugs. the worst thing you have done in your entire life is speed 10 miles over the speed limit on...
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the end result should not surprise us. with welfare and regulation with the expanding number of beneficiaries until things get so bad there is no alternative. but there is a political problem that people see this day as the primary provider of economic security, restraint of spending is politically difficult. why? anyone who promises to use intervention in real terms it is at a severe electoral disadvantage. as famously limited 2007 womack we know what we have to do but we don't know how to get reelected once we have done it quote. if people with security through the state to have the desire if 51 percent of the population is to resist electoral rejection or rioters running amok in the streets of athens. it is very tempting to see this as a western european problem as it is a continent where any center-right government's are a specially -- essentially social democratic intervention is seen as normal across the political spectrum. can anyone seriously denied politicians including conservatives also play the game or american
the end result should not surprise us. with welfare and regulation with the expanding number of beneficiaries until things get so bad there is no alternative. but there is a political problem that people see this day as the primary provider of economic security, restraint of spending is politically difficult. why? anyone who promises to use intervention in real terms it is at a severe electoral disadvantage. as famously limited 2007 womack we know what we have to do but we don't know how to get...
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at one dairy described with great exuberance the naval battle using wine glasses and decanters to show the position of the ships and blowing smoke from his cigar to imitate the cannon fire. it would have been wonderful to have been there. the topic at churchill's table were wide-ranging, and cold, exploding harbors, movies, that hamilton woman was a great favorite of churchill's, and politics. his curiosity was boundless. many of his guests wrote to friends or recorded in their diaries his conversations, repeated his anecdotes and commented on the foodie served. in addition i found hundreds of bills for dinner she gave at hundred hotels, the ritz, guest lists, amended wine lists, many letters from churchill complaining about overbilling, banking his friends for gifts of food and wine, ringing generous tips for hotel waiters call in the archives, all set out in my book. i have produced many of the menus in my book in case any of you want to try to duplicate one or two of them at a special party at home. the wine list might be harder for you to replicate since so many decades have passed
at one dairy described with great exuberance the naval battle using wine glasses and decanters to show the position of the ships and blowing smoke from his cigar to imitate the cannon fire. it would have been wonderful to have been there. the topic at churchill's table were wide-ranging, and cold, exploding harbors, movies, that hamilton woman was a great favorite of churchill's, and politics. his curiosity was boundless. many of his guests wrote to friends or recorded in their diaries his...
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that is the term that hits us. as high as 1.7i think for white americans and 3.9 not only did it not jump up and say that an entire generation it was a long-lasting effect and then by 1970 that momentum ended and we saw not only a gradual slowdown but dropping off the cliff and when it happened it happened everywhere in the west and in germany and france and america and its continued to slide and what is interesting is since then, the west has led the global fertility decline and since then you've seen all the other countries right now 97% of the world's population is in a country where the fertility rate is declining. in africa and europe and asia and what is really striking and what people don't typically pay attention to the actual fertility rate is high year than it is here in america. the rate of decline is generally steeper and if you look down in mexico and central america and south america while many of them solve a fertility rate above where we have the rate of decline so when you look at these numbers you
that is the term that hits us. as high as 1.7i think for white americans and 3.9 not only did it not jump up and say that an entire generation it was a long-lasting effect and then by 1970 that momentum ended and we saw not only a gradual slowdown but dropping off the cliff and when it happened it happened everywhere in the west and in germany and france and america and its continued to slide and what is interesting is since then, the west has led the global fertility decline and since then...
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there are a variety of uses beyond what coca-cola uses for flavoring. another hypocrisy of the convention -- another hypocrisy that ricardo points to in this book is related to the conventions. i was struck reading your book. i had not realized this coach relationship between art slinger who was the u.s. drug czar for decades and the president of coca-cola. vice president of coca-cola. very cozy relationship. so in the in the 1961 u.n. single convention on narcotic drugs and the subsequent 1988 convention make coca growing at a criminal offense under international law. indigenous peoples across the andes were told that the traditional practice of coca leaf chewing and drinking coca tea with a longer be tolerated by the international community. and it's important to point out that the u.s. was the architect of these treaties. certainly have support from other countries. today, they have key allies in the effort to maintain the treaties such as russia, japan, sweden. but it really is a u.s. instrument. so coca, along with cannabis and opium, became the ma
there are a variety of uses beyond what coca-cola uses for flavoring. another hypocrisy of the convention -- another hypocrisy that ricardo points to in this book is related to the conventions. i was struck reading your book. i had not realized this coach relationship between art slinger who was the u.s. drug czar for decades and the president of coca-cola. vice president of coca-cola. very cozy relationship. so in the in the 1961 u.n. single convention on narcotic drugs and the subsequent 1988...
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this is one of those factors pushing us in that direction. now another big change is the nature of the welfare state. this is something which didn't exist in ninteenth-century 19thy ninteenth-century america. we were basically on our own. as we got older children to care of us in one of the basic reasons to have children. you have a gaggle of kids and you hope that one of them at least it's a good one and will look after you. and now we don't need to have that anymore. we have social security and medicare. it's still nice to have a child ... and to look at you as you begin to drool and watch more jeopardy but it's no longer necessary. all these little things and these tiny changes, some bigger and some smaller have pushed us in the direction of having fewer and fewer children. >> host: back to the issue you raised about the cost of children. you. you in fact mention this throughout the book. you talked about the increasing price of a child such as $1000 drillers for parents who want to get into that as well as some of the figures on the cost
this is one of those factors pushing us in that direction. now another big change is the nature of the welfare state. this is something which didn't exist in ninteenth-century 19thy ninteenth-century america. we were basically on our own. as we got older children to care of us in one of the basic reasons to have children. you have a gaggle of kids and you hope that one of them at least it's a good one and will look after you. and now we don't need to have that anymore. we have social security...
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he was using the services of a professional woman. if you imagine lincoln upstairs trying to mind his own business, we can basically says, have to have a woman. and here is what appears to have happened. it appears that he asked for a letter of introduction. but we have pieced together is maybe $3 difference, which is a lot of money. and the prostitute currently charges them $5. which was an enormous amount money. once she said you could pay me later where this depends, she ran out the door. in this case, there is not a happy ending. even with abraham lincoln. what i thought i would do in the main body of my remarks is tell a couple of my favorite stories. more importantly about presidential character. many involve our 24th and important president, grover cleveland. he fathered a child out of wedlock. she might have been a prostitute. cleveland was a bachelor. fathering a child seem like the thing to do at a time. a group of very righteous preachers started a campaign that no woman in the country would not pay attention here. it becam
he was using the services of a professional woman. if you imagine lincoln upstairs trying to mind his own business, we can basically says, have to have a woman. and here is what appears to have happened. it appears that he asked for a letter of introduction. but we have pieced together is maybe $3 difference, which is a lot of money. and the prostitute currently charges them $5. which was an enormous amount money. once she said you could pay me later where this depends, she ran out the door. in...
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they are well below us. in france it's higher. but all of the evidence suggests that's really because immigration. they had a great deal of immigration from north africa and the difference of fertility rates between native frenchmen and immigrant is enormous. at the least, at the least half a kid and possibly more statistics coming from france are dodgy. they don't let you take the numbers in explicitly by race and country origin and all of that. you look at the thing and i want to tell you what works and doesn't work. social conservative we like to think that everything is fine if we can get back to traditional values. there's evidence that suggests it may be not true either. singapore looks like what would happen if santorum went on steroids and able to do. you had the prime minister giving speeches about ten years ago about how, you know, sickle mother hood was terrible. you needed traditional family and we needed to have more women having family. the stuff of social conservative dreams. it was coupled with generous, generous g
they are well below us. in france it's higher. but all of the evidence suggests that's really because immigration. they had a great deal of immigration from north africa and the difference of fertility rates between native frenchmen and immigrant is enormous. at the least, at the least half a kid and possibly more statistics coming from france are dodgy. they don't let you take the numbers in explicitly by race and country origin and all of that. you look at the thing and i want to tell you...
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but it does not weaken us. it does not have to weaken us. in this room of our chosen family as well as those who are mall the way to 5 miles away and could not be with us we have known for a long time that unfortunately there are those to dedicate themselves to trying to terrace apart from a separate us, undermine the social progress and justice we have one. it is certainly something we have seen here in the south, something we still see. as a movement to we can learn from our brothers and sisters in the south about sticking together as a social justice family, about perseverance, and about resistance. the politics of division and greed, the vestiges of slavery that still shape opinion and policies and still contribute to a modern systemic disenfranchisement that is yet to be overcome, this is our struggle to. [applause] and those who seek to divide us need to take a look at this room . more than 3,000 out, proud, determined, not intimidated, not going anywhere, reaffirming our chosen family, our bonds of love together, nothing, nothing can
but it does not weaken us. it does not have to weaken us. in this room of our chosen family as well as those who are mall the way to 5 miles away and could not be with us we have known for a long time that unfortunately there are those to dedicate themselves to trying to terrace apart from a separate us, undermine the social progress and justice we have one. it is certainly something we have seen here in the south, something we still see. as a movement to we can learn from our brothers and...
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so i just used these three examples. one in the middle east, one in latin america, one in asia where they be able to do this. and this is an example of leadership to do what's necessary. i mean, n. korea, we've got this done in a couple of months, and four months later, they were raising -- $5 billion in international markets. because they just took a decision and went at it. >> a lot of the things you're talking about, the leadership, political leadership, timing, and the banking union, gave the banks back into lending and the fiscal pact in those components on that part. just as an aside, in talking about another country, russia. you know, russia desperately wants to reproduce itself to the rest of the world. and not in some of the main it has been. they get this opportunity with the g20 coming up in september. crystal ball, do you see anything from a coordination standpoint from the g20, and -- having out of this? this? and easy russia's image change? >> i think this is a big opportunity for the prime minister to show
so i just used these three examples. one in the middle east, one in latin america, one in asia where they be able to do this. and this is an example of leadership to do what's necessary. i mean, n. korea, we've got this done in a couple of months, and four months later, they were raising -- $5 billion in international markets. because they just took a decision and went at it. >> a lot of the things you're talking about, the leadership, political leadership, timing, and the banking union,...
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you can tweak us on booktv, comment on our facebook call or send us an e-mail, booktv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2. >> now on c-span2 we bring you booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books. here are some programs to look out for this weekend. at 5:00 p.m. eastern, ben shapiro argues liberals believe their competition discouraging political debate. at 2:00 a.m. michele alexander opines that policies from the 70s for and acted to push back gains made during the civil-rights movement. on sunday with recent policy debates on immigration we bring you stories from immigrants who share their experiences on booktv at 4:00 p.m. eastern. at 11:00 p.m. sunday melvin goodman argues the government is spending excessively on defense making us less secure. watch these programs and more all weekend long on booktv. for complete schedule visit booktv.org. up next on booktv cita stelzer talks about the dinner hosted by winston churchill during and after world war ii which were used to persuade world leaders to adopt his position on various matters. it is about 40 minutes. >> good even
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bush and we are fortunate to be the school that makes us a&m. [applause] >>> book tv is on the road in philadelphia at the university of pennsylvania, and we are interviewing some professors who also happened to the authors and we want to introduce you to the dean of the university pennsylvania school of social policy and practice. this is richard on your screen. one of his books, his most recent is called "the third fly on government programs don't work and a blueprint for change." and doctor i'm here from the government and i am here to help you is that not true? >> not true. >> why not? >> because most government social programs, which is designed to help people don't actually help people and in some instances it is a little more than i hate saying this about viet do good of full employment act and lots of people would like to help but at the end of the day if you look at whether the needle has been moved and people have been held by substantial government programs and substantial amounts of money, the bottomline is very rarely are people hel
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never to join us on stage. ambassador graduated from texas a&m university in 1969. >> hoo-ha. >> he's a career foreign service officer at the time of desert shield and desert storm. he was deputy chief of mission in romania wher where he receive state department's distinguished honor award for leadership of the embassy during -- [inaudible] spandex i'd like to ask lieutenant general randy house to join us. general howe's graduate from texas a&m university in 1967. >> hoo-ha. >> and received regular army commission and after. he is commit at every level in peace and war from platoon leader the deputy commander of u.s. pacific command. during desert shield, desert storm, he commanded the 22nd brigade like jack brigade and the first calvary division. lieutenant general house brigade execute the coalition plan against saddam hussein's army making multiple bloody incursions, prior to the start of the ground operations. these actions to see the iraqis into putting the coalition would attack from the south in the vici
never to join us on stage. ambassador graduated from texas a&m university in 1969. >> hoo-ha. >> he's a career foreign service officer at the time of desert shield and desert storm. he was deputy chief of mission in romania wher where he receive state department's distinguished honor award for leadership of the embassy during -- [inaudible] spandex i'd like to ask lieutenant general randy house to join us. general howe's graduate from texas a&m university in 1967. >>...
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there are a variety of uses beyond what coca-cola uses for flavoring. another hypocrisy that is pointed to in the book is related to the conventions. i was really struck reading your book. i had not realized this cozy relationship between the u.s. and the president of coca-cola. a very cozy relationship. in the end, the 1961 u.n. single convention on narcotic drugs and the subsequent 1988 convention, and made it to grow coca a criminal gang. indigenous people across the andes were told that the traditional practice of drinking coca tea would no longer be tolerated by the international community. it's important to point out that the u.s. was the architect of these treaties, today they have key allies in their effort to maintain the treaties, such as russia and japan. it really is a u.s. instrument. so long with cannabis and opium, and became the main target of the 1961 convention. this historical error, it was basically justified by the 1950 report of the commission of inquiry on the coca leave, which as sanho tree pointed out, it's a total racist docume
there are a variety of uses beyond what coca-cola uses for flavoring. another hypocrisy that is pointed to in the book is related to the conventions. i was really struck reading your book. i had not realized this cozy relationship between the u.s. and the president of coca-cola. a very cozy relationship. in the end, the 1961 u.n. single convention on narcotic drugs and the subsequent 1988 convention, and made it to grow coca a criminal gang. indigenous people across the andes were told that the...
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what does this tell us? marriage, i believe, and many millions of our fellow citizens believe, marriage is, by its nature, heterosexual union, a bringing together of one man and one woman. it is not just a romantic attachment which can exist between any two people. it's not just a sexual relationship. it is the act of marriage which by its very definition requires two people of opposite sexes? if you take that basic requirement away, what you are left with is not marriage. the minister claims marriage has always been evolving, but this, mr. deputy speaker, is not evolution. it is revolution. true, i am blessed with six children. i realize not every married couple is able to have the gift of children or indeed may want to yet this doesn't change the fact that that concept of major has been bestowed with a vision of procreation. it brings together biologically those needed to generate a child. the very reason major is underpinned with laws and customs is because children usually often result from it. they need
what does this tell us? marriage, i believe, and many millions of our fellow citizens believe, marriage is, by its nature, heterosexual union, a bringing together of one man and one woman. it is not just a romantic attachment which can exist between any two people. it's not just a sexual relationship. it is the act of marriage which by its very definition requires two people of opposite sexes? if you take that basic requirement away, what you are left with is not marriage. the minister claims...
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had occasion survey had to use anonymous resource name. but there are people such as michael german or former agents who are openly critical of these programs and do not believe in their efficacy. >> you've also gotten some criticism since the book came out, including today in the review in "the wall street journal" from people saying you've got this all wrong. this is pretty much fun for us and it has to prevent another 9/11. >> a former fbi agent put it critical review of the book in "the wall street journal." what is criticism hinges on includes john miller, assistant director of the fbi. and i criticized were coming to consistently talk about real terrorists. they mentioned faisal shaddai, the shoe bomber and the so-called dirty bomber. you got this wrong and are really there. i'm not disputing the fact you're a terrorist. i'm not defeating the fact that someone came very close to bombing the subway system. but where i think they go finest examples of these are examples of cases that never came on the radar through sting operations. in
had occasion survey had to use anonymous resource name. but there are people such as michael german or former agents who are openly critical of these programs and do not believe in their efficacy. >> you've also gotten some criticism since the book came out, including today in the review in "the wall street journal" from people saying you've got this all wrong. this is pretty much fun for us and it has to prevent another 9/11. >> a former fbi agent put it critical review...
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can you give us a timetable? you already announced some actions that you're taking, which you're putting in place now so that even if we can avoid sequestration, and in the next few days or a week from now or two weeks from now, some things are being taken even before the end of february and before we know whether we can avoid sequestration. can you tell us, first of all, whether or not the actions would be reversible if in fact we avoid the sequestration in, say, week from now or two weeks from now, and do you echo the president's call for a balanced approach to avoid sequestration to include both spending cuts and additional revenues? >> mr. chairman, first of all, let me indicate -- i think general dempsey can add to this -- the reason we're having to do this and take actions now is because we're operating at a spend rate right now that envisions that we would have gotten an fy13 appropriations bill. unfortunately we have no fy13 appropriations bill. we've got a cr. we have been operating, at least in the firs
can you give us a timetable? you already announced some actions that you're taking, which you're putting in place now so that even if we can avoid sequestration, and in the next few days or a week from now or two weeks from now, some things are being taken even before the end of february and before we know whether we can avoid sequestration. can you tell us, first of all, whether or not the actions would be reversible if in fact we avoid the sequestration in, say, week from now or two weeks...
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to talk about bias and frees us from finger pointing but engages us say that all of us have to confront our bias and are we willing to do so around our young people? that's why i said about the pants sagging. some of us have perpetuating legacy within our own household and cultural. look at corporal punishment for black folk. another tight issue. all of us don't practice it, probably. look at the long-term effect. black people say it ain't hurting me. the jury is still out. lflt [applause] [laughter] i ain't no law enforcement person. but the jury is out. the reason we work more invested in corporal punishment. we want to control our kid. right. let's not act like we don't know why, at the same time how about adaptive personality? how about adaptive trait and evolution of thinking for new times so we can fit the situation? we don't have no timeout. we have knockout. you not knockouted and woke back up. that's timeout. facing the wall was beautiful. [laughter] that was nonviolent intersex. in behalf of black practices domestically. we have to face this stuff. it has lethal consequences o
to talk about bias and frees us from finger pointing but engages us say that all of us have to confront our bias and are we willing to do so around our young people? that's why i said about the pants sagging. some of us have perpetuating legacy within our own household and cultural. look at corporal punishment for black folk. another tight issue. all of us don't practice it, probably. look at the long-term effect. black people say it ain't hurting me. the jury is still out. lflt [applause]...
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you hold us up. that is the key five that i won't have time to formally say thank-you and a good buy a 2 miles so i will just day how eloquent his little segue introductions have been and tells all the rest of you for coming and i am supposed to read something. i was fretting about what that would be. i will of reid from the end of the prologue. with of the things i was trying to use stress in the talks that i gave yesterday and the panel from the day before it is for all of the undeniable, appalling, and a dark side of ernest hemingway there is also the light, a bone of generosity and sometimes it came out best not his own child necessarily but who would not responded to do that? piece seemed kahane to respond to it a special way i was thinking of reading a key west passage. know that would be like a piece of coal to newcastle. so i will just read this little moment from the end of the prologue and indeed the end of ernest hemingway's life, when everything is lost, but there is still something there
you hold us up. that is the key five that i won't have time to formally say thank-you and a good buy a 2 miles so i will just day how eloquent his little segue introductions have been and tells all the rest of you for coming and i am supposed to read something. i was fretting about what that would be. i will of reid from the end of the prologue. with of the things i was trying to use stress in the talks that i gave yesterday and the panel from the day before it is for all of the undeniable,...
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this document, which you can get at the archive does not use the word freedom, does not use the word democracy. it does not talk about regime types. it doesn't talk about radical islam. as has been said access to persian gulf oil to national interests. hostages in iran destroyed ericsson david, that's reason enough to be wary of anything more. this context matters for understand why spread american what it should do more in response to iraq's invasion for hussein did not threaten us and mention it for the long-range of oil. moreover, the middle east is not an appealing place for those in american politics were short and long-term history. take james baker who had the spine of vice presidents for decades -- for years, but more importantly among the closest friends for decades. he was secretary of state and upon hearing the news contemplating that getting back to washington. i know you're aware of the fact that this has all the ingredients that is brought down three of the last five presidents, and hostage crisis, bodybag and a full-fledged economic recession caused a $40 oil, end quot
this document, which you can get at the archive does not use the word freedom, does not use the word democracy. it does not talk about regime types. it doesn't talk about radical islam. as has been said access to persian gulf oil to national interests. hostages in iran destroyed ericsson david, that's reason enough to be wary of anything more. this context matters for understand why spread american what it should do more in response to iraq's invasion for hussein did not threaten us and mention...
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are they -- for us? no but yes my view. >> you can see this entire discussion with former cia director michael hayden on our web site, c-span.org. >> the communism of china is coming in to name only these daisies and preserves the power of the members of the communist party but they basically threw ideology aside when deng xiaoping opened the country up now become a capitalist thing. in china they talk at great length about marxist-leninist them etc. but as i said it's all about preserving the party's power economically as the country continues to grow because they threw aside the most communism and long time ago. .. ! thank you. professor richard fallon is a professor of constitutional law at harvard law school, graduated gill university and yell law school. he earned a b.a. degree in philosophy, politics and economics from oxford university, where he is a rhodes scholar. fallon served to justice lewis f. powell of the united states supreme court and he has written extensively about constitutional law a
are they -- for us? no but yes my view. >> you can see this entire discussion with former cia director michael hayden on our web site, c-span.org. >> the communism of china is coming in to name only these daisies and preserves the power of the members of the communist party but they basically threw ideology aside when deng xiaoping opened the country up now become a capitalist thing. in china they talk at great length about marxist-leninist them etc. but as i said it's all about...
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we turn the table up in front of us. my mom got down behind us. and the shooting continued. at that time in 91, we weren't seeing these mass shootings that we're seeing now so i was waiting for him to say something like all right, everybody puts her waltz upon the table, or a thought maybe it was a hit. maybe there was somebody important in there. but the shooting continued. i'm going to tell you, it took a good 45 seconds, which is an eternity, to realize that the guy was simply going to walk around, take aim, pull the trigger, go to the next persons, taking, pull the trigger. he was executing people. when i did realize i thought i've got this guy. i reached for my purse that was on the floor next to me, realize i had a perfect place to probably aren't. he was up to everybody else in the restaurant was down. then i realized that if you want to earlier i had made the stupidest decision of my life. i had begun leaving my gun out in the car because i did what most normal people would do. i wanted to be a law-abiding citizen. i didn't want to get caught with a gun and maybe los
we turn the table up in front of us. my mom got down behind us. and the shooting continued. at that time in 91, we weren't seeing these mass shootings that we're seeing now so i was waiting for him to say something like all right, everybody puts her waltz upon the table, or a thought maybe it was a hit. maybe there was somebody important in there. but the shooting continued. i'm going to tell you, it took a good 45 seconds, which is an eternity, to realize that the guy was simply going to walk...
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churchill did consume more alcohol than we're used today. not a great deal by the standards of the contemporary and drink didn't effect him or his work. churchill drank a small amount of whiskey with soda, no ice, in a glass about this big. they called it mouthwash. at lunch and dinner he drank a half bottle of champagne. they sent him a case of the 1928 until the sum mys ran out in 1953. when churchill died in 1965 he had only gone through the 1934 vintage. after his death, they ordered that all bottles imported to britain would have a black mourning ban stripped across the bottle. every dinner and important occasion throughout his life, was marked with champagne. after dinner, churchill drank brandy. neat. and, by the way, he drank brandy not port. early had his life a doctor recommended brandy instead of port. this is one of the few times he followed a doctor's orders. perhaps knowing that port would be bad for what he called his indy, always patting his stomach when he said this. his indy jex something he suffered from given the meals he
churchill did consume more alcohol than we're used today. not a great deal by the standards of the contemporary and drink didn't effect him or his work. churchill drank a small amount of whiskey with soda, no ice, in a glass about this big. they called it mouthwash. at lunch and dinner he drank a half bottle of champagne. they sent him a case of the 1928 until the sum mys ran out in 1953. when churchill died in 1965 he had only gone through the 1934 vintage. after his death, they ordered that...
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you can tweet us @booktv, comment on our facebook wall or send us an e-mail. booktv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2. >> max boot presents a history of guerrilla warfare. the author poz its that unconventional warfare, often thought of as a modern means of war, has a long tradition that dates back to antiquity. this is a little under an hour. >> everybody got quiet. good afternoon. welcome to the heritage foundation and to our louis lehrman auditorium. we, of course, welcome those who are joining us on our heritage.org web site. for those in-house as we prepare to begin, please, make sure cell phones have been turned off. it is our courtesy our speakers do appreciate. we will post the program within 24 hours on our heritage home page for your further reference as well. hosting our event today is steven bucci. dr. bucci is director of our dougallyson center, he previously served as fellow for defense and homeland security. he is well verse inside the special area operations and cybersecurity areas as well as defense support to civil authorities. he se
you can tweet us @booktv, comment on our facebook wall or send us an e-mail. booktv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2. >> max boot presents a history of guerrilla warfare. the author poz its that unconventional warfare, often thought of as a modern means of war, has a long tradition that dates back to antiquity. this is a little under an hour. >> everybody got quiet. good afternoon. welcome to the heritage foundation and to our louis lehrman auditorium. we, of course,...
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it works against us every day. to preserve our mission to provide secure, reliable, and affordable universal delivery service and to do so without burdening the american taxpayer, the postal service needs urgent reform to the business model. mr. chairman, let me conclude by thanks members of the committee for recognizing the difficult challenge we face and for the willingness to take them on this year. the postal service is a tremendous organization with tremendous employees and needs your help. the american people deserve a financially healthy and vital post sal service that stands ready to achieve that goal. thank you very much. >> thank you, sir, for the testimony and leadership from an early age. mr. darrell, you're on. great to see you. welcome. >> good morning, mr. chairman, ranking member, coburn, members of the committee, it's a pleasure to be here to discuss the postal service's financial condition. the financial condition has been on the high risk list for years. >> on and on, hasn't it? >> on and off and
it works against us every day. to preserve our mission to provide secure, reliable, and affordable universal delivery service and to do so without burdening the american taxpayer, the postal service needs urgent reform to the business model. mr. chairman, let me conclude by thanks members of the committee for recognizing the difficult challenge we face and for the willingness to take them on this year. the postal service is a tremendous organization with tremendous employees and needs your...
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reject to geneva for us. actually rejected geneva for them come insane other inherent searcher combatants. we are faced at the ninth precedent is circumstance come with the citizens of the republic at risk and therefore the targeted killing program that has proceeded over to incredibly different administrations i think fits all the squares of lawful, appropriate and effective. >> this is from jonathan. what is the toughest decision you made a cia director? >> the honest answer is i can't tell you. >> what was the toughest decision you can tell us? for the toughest issue. >> okay, toughest issue. that's good. >> will work backwards from that. [laughter] >> he thinks he's going to attract me. this is not going to happen. >> the lights are very warm in here. [laughter] >> isn't there something in geneva about this? >> we are in washington. >> when he became director, the cia detention program is about the hottest political issue in town and what we were to do with that as a first-order importance when i became d
reject to geneva for us. actually rejected geneva for them come insane other inherent searcher combatants. we are faced at the ninth precedent is circumstance come with the citizens of the republic at risk and therefore the targeted killing program that has proceeded over to incredibly different administrations i think fits all the squares of lawful, appropriate and effective. >> this is from jonathan. what is the toughest decision you made a cia director? >> the honest answer is i...
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it's not us and them, it's all of us together. and when we make this a priority for the country, so much is possible. i think the challenge with the austerity budgets is that it is coming from this place of scarcity, but i think we all know there's so many ways in which this country is resource-full. and our families are resource-full, and work forces are resource-full. and when we make something a priority, we can make it happen. so this is about bringing together all of these different experiences and interests to make this a national priority. >> mary, so many of the workers we're talking about are immigrant women. um, tell us about some of the challenges and maybe strategies for engaging them keeping in mind that some of them at this moment may not be of legal status and really reluctant. >> i think there's been a really long-held belief that immigrant workers cannot be organized and that they will not take the risk. however, there's a lot of success stories that really challenge that myth among janitors, among construction wo
it's not us and them, it's all of us together. and when we make this a priority for the country, so much is possible. i think the challenge with the austerity budgets is that it is coming from this place of scarcity, but i think we all know there's so many ways in which this country is resource-full. and our families are resource-full, and work forces are resource-full. and when we make something a priority, we can make it happen. so this is about bringing together all of these different...
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the power of propaganda and public opinion against us. all these factors are especially important in the theories of mow say tongue which is one of the great and, of course, most influential theorists of guerrilla warfare that there ever was, and he had a different view than that as practiced by the mow maddic warriors -- nomadic warriors of old. he wrote an incredibly influential book in 1938 called unprotracted warfare which he wrote sitting in a cave in northern china working so intently that he didn't notice that a fire from a candle was burning a hole in his sock. and what mao emphasized is as he famously said that people are like water, and the army is like fish. he said that it was search to keep -- it was essential to keep the closest possible relations with the people, that a guerrilla force had to be extremely cognizant of winning the support of the public upon whom it was operating. he gave instructions to his soldiers to be courteous and polite to pay for our articles and establish latrines a safe distance from people's houses
the power of propaganda and public opinion against us. all these factors are especially important in the theories of mow say tongue which is one of the great and, of course, most influential theorists of guerrilla warfare that there ever was, and he had a different view than that as practiced by the mow maddic warriors -- nomadic warriors of old. he wrote an incredibly influential book in 1938 called unprotracted warfare which he wrote sitting in a cave in northern china working so intently...
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it is generally used by country. our international competence is not changing. >> precisely -- precisely because the world is changing, we need to he does. which tasks should be dealt with. i think there should be a debate or example, i would like to talk with my colleagues on the area of occupational health and safety. there is so much that has been dealt with. very much in terms of rules and legislations. it is like hotel california, you can check out, but you can never leave. it is very much at this level. i do not agree when someone asks for specific favors for one country. it should he level at the end of the day. both on the european level and the a national level. i agree with david's comments yesterday in terms of making the union more efficient. you should also look at competitiveness. getting the engine going. between the united states and europe, i think it is vital for all of us. >> yes, if i may have a word, i think it is eerie important to have a pragmatic attitude here through the history of european i
it is generally used by country. our international competence is not changing. >> precisely -- precisely because the world is changing, we need to he does. which tasks should be dealt with. i think there should be a debate or example, i would like to talk with my colleagues on the area of occupational health and safety. there is so much that has been dealt with. very much in terms of rules and legislations. it is like hotel california, you can check out, but you can never leave. it is...
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you can tweet us @booktv, comment on our facebook wall, send us an e-mail. booktv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2. p. >> so if you cut demand for somebody's product per day by 50% per total by 60%, you must have crushed prices. here's what actually happened. the average amount medicare reimburses per day in a hospital has grown by 5x since 1983. so 60% decline in the number of patients, 5x increase in price. we should all be so lucky. i wallet to be in that business. -- i want to be in that business. now, another statistic which is entirely sort of irrelevant but fascinating. hospitals tell medicare what their costs are so that medicare can power the price -- can compare the price they pay to hospitals' costs. so in those 30 years that medicare increased the price paid to hospitals by five times, hospitals reported that hair costs had incleesed -- that their costs had increased by eight times. so the interesting thing is our demand collapsed. in any industry that would have been devastating, right? medicare paid five times as more, but the hospita
you can tweet us @booktv, comment on our facebook wall, send us an e-mail. booktv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2. p. >> so if you cut demand for somebody's product per day by 50% per total by 60%, you must have crushed prices. here's what actually happened. the average amount medicare reimburses per day in a hospital has grown by 5x since 1983. so 60% decline in the number of patients, 5x increase in price. we should all be so lucky. i wallet to be in that business. -- i want...
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we are using what is suited for licensed use ideally. it enables localized use with minimal risk of interference. it will be finalized soon. and enhancing the contribution he and size of this wider channs selection, for example, the 160 megahertz could deliver one gigabyte of data per second. that is super wi-fi. i am most pleased that today we are keen that the expansion of unlicensed use by a full 195 megahertz in the five gigahertz band. consistent with my thoughts since last october. the spectrum only required that we commence the proceedings on opening up the 120 megahertz. having this step does make sense. were spectrums allow higher speed, higher capacity connections, less congestion, and apartment buildings and coffee shops and libraries and offices across the country. for all these reasons, putting these two better commercial use could have tremendous benefits. to be sure, achieving this vision will not be without its challenges. the statute lets us expand only if we determine that licensed users will be protected by technical s
we are using what is suited for licensed use ideally. it enables localized use with minimal risk of interference. it will be finalized soon. and enhancing the contribution he and size of this wider channs selection, for example, the 160 megahertz could deliver one gigabyte of data per second. that is super wi-fi. i am most pleased that today we are keen that the expansion of unlicensed use by a full 195 megahertz in the five gigahertz band. consistent with my thoughts since last october. the...
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to present considered us into this proposal. which you have in front of you is better than airplane reading. there are concrete proposals and then. they are some suggestions in this energy 20/20 document that people will look at and argue and say well, that's one persons view. that is true. but what we're trying to do you does not give you a legislative packet starting with initiatives that were going to click off as they move forward. but this is really designed to be a discussion blueprint. we want to try to change the conversation. one of the reasons we need to think about changing the conversation is because the energy paradigm has really shifted. you think about where we were just a decade ago. i was all about the scarcity, shortages, how much dependent we were on foreign sources for our oil. it is looking at the need to import lng. password where we are today and those once thought as export or import terminals are now looking to be export terminals. we have made considerable gains in terms of our own energy and to the poi
to present considered us into this proposal. which you have in front of you is better than airplane reading. there are concrete proposals and then. they are some suggestions in this energy 20/20 document that people will look at and argue and say well, that's one persons view. that is true. but what we're trying to do you does not give you a legislative packet starting with initiatives that were going to click off as they move forward. but this is really designed to be a discussion blueprint....
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all parties have agreed on us. you know, one of the first acts of this election commission with us is to throw out a government ruling parties, the their candidates in a violation, and, you know, we have to accept that. we are very proactive. [inaudible] that means the government has succeeded in 90 days to run the election so the incumbents are not able to intrude. >> [inaudible question] >> well, afghanistan is running pakistan right now. but the leaders certainly assist in the process -- at the end of the day, afghanistan is trouble. >> thank you. i just want to first of all talk to you about the basis of the question. i can get youtube clarify a little bit. the afghans and the americans have complained. [inaudible] >> you said that when asked about this, you said when was the last time you heard this particular defense ministers argument? >> [inaudible] [talking over each other] >> since i was at the top the list, would you expect the solution to come from him? >> [inaudible] >> on the question of being deserti
all parties have agreed on us. you know, one of the first acts of this election commission with us is to throw out a government ruling parties, the their candidates in a violation, and, you know, we have to accept that. we are very proactive. [inaudible] that means the government has succeeded in 90 days to run the election so the incumbents are not able to intrude. >> [inaudible question] >> well, afghanistan is running pakistan right now. but the leaders certainly assist in the...
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troops are using. i would be looking at the weapons their supply to the afghans, military. >> host: mount vernon new york republican caller. >> caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. again, this is my second call and i am very nervous, but why can't you stop the money going in? the amount of money that you can't account for, subtract that from the amount that cars i would be getting, or whoever would be getting. until they can account for the money themselves. so have people out there that are working and they are being paid. well, they shouldn't be paid just like we here in the united states, we don't get paid if we don't work. >> guest: good question. and good point. i can't control the money. i'm inspector general. i can expose problems. we have exposed problems like that and have made recommendations that they should either cause or not increase funding or lower the funding for certain programs. we did a major audit on patrol in oil and lubricants, that sounds pretty boring but it's
troops are using. i would be looking at the weapons their supply to the afghans, military. >> host: mount vernon new york republican caller. >> caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. again, this is my second call and i am very nervous, but why can't you stop the money going in? the amount of money that you can't account for, subtract that from the amount that cars i would be getting, or whoever would be getting. until they can account for the money themselves. so...
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we used cars that use oil, that is a rockefeller gift. and we are consuming news that were developed by people like joseph pulitzer. he came to the united states as a mercenary soldier in the civil war. he didn't really see any action. like many veterans after the war, he was unemployed. it is hard to reinvigorate people into the economy. he ended up in st. louis where he becomes confronted by a major german american who becomes a senator from new york. joseph pulitzer enters the world of press at that point. interesting in regards to modern-day immigrants. it is that kind of speed of immigration that we had in the 19th century when people were coming. he becomes fabulously successful . and he invented a very new form of journalism. it is much like a modern-day surfer. what i mean is that if you go to a beach and look out the water beyond where the waves are breaking, men and women paddle out in the middle of the ocean. some perceive that that will be the best wave of the day, whereas others don't see it. well, in regards to joseph pulitz
we used cars that use oil, that is a rockefeller gift. and we are consuming news that were developed by people like joseph pulitzer. he came to the united states as a mercenary soldier in the civil war. he didn't really see any action. like many veterans after the war, he was unemployed. it is hard to reinvigorate people into the economy. he ended up in st. louis where he becomes confronted by a major german american who becomes a senator from new york. joseph pulitzer enters the world of press...
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. -- to save us. now, i don't mean to be overly alarmist, but this is something we have to think about seriously, and what would happen if insurgents did get their hands on a weapon of mass destruction? this is a map that comes from a magazine that i'm sure all of you are avid readers of called the international journal of health geographics. you can check out your copy at home when you leave here today. what that map demonstrates is what would happen if a 20-kill lo ton nuclear device were to go off in downtown manhattan. now, a 20-kill ton device is not a very big nuke. the arsenals of the united states and russia are full of many, many, many nuclear weapons many, many, many times bigger than this. but this is a very rough and ready nuke of the kind that it would not be hard for the iranians or the north koreans or the pakistanis or others to design. so what would happen if one of these things was popped off in downtown manhattan? well, the map shows certain assumptions about wind speed and other fa
. -- to save us. now, i don't mean to be overly alarmist, but this is something we have to think about seriously, and what would happen if insurgents did get their hands on a weapon of mass destruction? this is a map that comes from a magazine that i'm sure all of you are avid readers of called the international journal of health geographics. you can check out your copy at home when you leave here today. what that map demonstrates is what would happen if a 20-kill lo ton nuclear device were to...
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now, fiona is here with us today. she is earning her masters at gw school of engineering in applied sciences. originally from china, she been in the united states for five years, studying operations research in the systems engineering department. if you talk to her you'll see, she is pretty smart. she'd like to stay here. she wants to invest her talents in america and maybe even start her own company, but she has seen too many of her friend with advanced degrees have to go home despite sharing some of her same dreams and aspirations of wanting to become part of this country. now, last year the house passed a bipartisan stems job act which helped fix this problem. we will act against in this congress and hope the senate chooses to join us this time. i look forward to fee -- fiona real a's herring dreams and our country reaping the reward of her hard work and talent, whether it's college or the cost of daycare, making life work for more families, means reducing the economic instewart plaguing so many working moms and da
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then they have to use units. they are constantly deploying troops to prevent slaves from running away to the enemy and joined the union army. they also have to divert troops to contain the deserters. they don't have any extra troops. so the pressure on the of numbers, by the end, by late 1864, i think the 1863 the secretary of war says there are no more white men to be had. and at that point the conversation starts years about whether they have to use black soldiers. bizarre, but i think the perfect arc of justice from slavery as an element of strength to we have to consider in anticipating slaves to force them to enlist in the confederacy. so that's another story i tell in the book is they don't contemplate emancipation out of the goodness of their heart. a lot of people think that the confederacy chose independence over slavery because by the end, some people were willing to enlist black many army. but the confederate congress was used to write and emancipation clause. so you can imagine how much of a nonstarte
then they have to use units. they are constantly deploying troops to prevent slaves from running away to the enemy and joined the union army. they also have to divert troops to contain the deserters. they don't have any extra troops. so the pressure on the of numbers, by the end, by late 1864, i think the 1863 the secretary of war says there are no more white men to be had. and at that point the conversation starts years about whether they have to use black soldiers. bizarre, but i think the...
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all of us are sinners, all of us have done wrong, all of us have broken the law at some point in many our lives -- at some point in our lives. if you're an adult, you've broken the law at some point in your life. now, i find that some people will say, oh, yeah, i'm a sinner, i've made mistakes, but don't call me a criminal. don't call me a criminal. i say, okay, well, maybe you never drank underage, maybe you never experimented with drugs. well, if the worst thing you've done in your entire life is speed ten miles over the speed limit on the freeway, you've put yourself and others at more risk of harm than someone smoking marijuana in the privacy of their living room. but there are people in the united states serving life sentences for first-time truck offenses -- drug offenses. life sentences. the u.s. supreme court upheld life sentences for first-time drug offenders against an eighth amendment challenge that such sentences were cruel and unusual in violation of the eighth amendment, and the u.s. supreme court said, no, no, it's not cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a young ma
all of us are sinners, all of us have done wrong, all of us have broken the law at some point in many our lives -- at some point in our lives. if you're an adult, you've broken the law at some point in your life. now, i find that some people will say, oh, yeah, i'm a sinner, i've made mistakes, but don't call me a criminal. don't call me a criminal. i say, okay, well, maybe you never drank underage, maybe you never experimented with drugs. well, if the worst thing you've done in your entire...
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poster thank you so much, patrick james are with us. again the book is "the international relations of middle-earth: learning from the lord of the rings" this has been the scholar circle. i am maria armoudian and we will see you next week. >> guest: thank you so much. >> and her work, "pat nixon," mary brennan recounts the life. mrs. nixon's recent release private documents. this is just over 15 minutes. >> welcome to the richard nixon presidential library and museum. my name is paul paul wormser anm acting director of the library. i appreciate all of you, into one american canoeing author top presentations. today we are very fortunate to have really the leading scholar on pat nixon who was born 100 years ago this year. mary brennan, who did much of the research here for her book, is the chair of the department of history at the university of texas and san marcos. her specialty is post-world war ii conservative movement then she has written to date three different books. that's been turning right at the 16th, capture of the gop, wives a
poster thank you so much, patrick james are with us. again the book is "the international relations of middle-earth: learning from the lord of the rings" this has been the scholar circle. i am maria armoudian and we will see you next week. >> guest: thank you so much. >> and her work, "pat nixon," mary brennan recounts the life. mrs. nixon's recent release private documents. this is just over 15 minutes. >> welcome to the richard nixon presidential library...
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he led us out of darkness and give us hope. while he may not have parted the red sea, he did break a subway strike by standing in a bridge and shouting words of encouragement. and just as moses died right before you reached the promised land, and dies hours before the documentary about an open in theaters. leave it to ed to find the best way to maximize publicity for a film about his life. no one ever enjoyed the theater politics more, and no one, no one was ever been arrested. and as much fun as it was to watch him as mayor, the real show began when he left public office, lawyer, author, professor, television judge, movie critic, a restaurant reviewer, political commentator, reform organizer, twitter user. even a radio host. oppress and politician ever stop asking for is opinion, and so far be it for him to stop offering for them, sometimes even unsolicited. he remains a sharp as ever and as relevant as ever right up to his dying day. as you know, he will be buried at trinity cemetery in a permanent. just think about a. a poli
he led us out of darkness and give us hope. while he may not have parted the red sea, he did break a subway strike by standing in a bridge and shouting words of encouragement. and just as moses died right before you reached the promised land, and dies hours before the documentary about an open in theaters. leave it to ed to find the best way to maximize publicity for a film about his life. no one ever enjoyed the theater politics more, and no one, no one was ever been arrested. and as much fun...
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you said you wanted us to debate. [laughter] i don't think the focus is all change to the medium-term deficit in fact the reason i think it's sort front and center is precisely because it has to be part of the discussion on jobs i do think the president cares deeply about the fact that we still have an unemployment rate just slightly below 80%, that is an unbelievable tragedy. i think realistically if you're going to do more infrastructure spending or you're going to make the kind of investments we need to make in education, that might put people back to work now and make us more productive in the future, the only way you ever get congress to go along with you if you also say let's make this as part of a package to do with all those other long run things. i think it might begin with the medium-term fiscal situations, some sense is making face to do things you need to do now to get more short-term recovery. >> except that -- >> four, anna. >> know, that's good. >> look, to move the needle, if you're pulling the fiscal
you said you wanted us to debate. [laughter] i don't think the focus is all change to the medium-term deficit in fact the reason i think it's sort front and center is precisely because it has to be part of the discussion on jobs i do think the president cares deeply about the fact that we still have an unemployment rate just slightly below 80%, that is an unbelievable tragedy. i think realistically if you're going to do more infrastructure spending or you're going to make the kind of...
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he had three uses for cigars. the first was the sheer pleasure, the enjoyment of the flavor of a goodie garre and the -- goodie garre and the fever of relaxation that the smoke brings. the second was as a trademark. sorry. churchill was too shrewd a politician not to realize that his cigar had become an iconic symbol of his grit in the face of adversity. just as fdr's jaunty cigarette holder had become the american president's symbol. touring a devastated area of london, cigar clenched between his teeth or in his hand as he waved at the crowds somehow showed that both he and britain were indomitable. the third use was to extend the length of dinners at which he planned to sell his policy and to learn from statesmen, scientist, soldiers, friends and opponents. after dinner light a good, long cigar and pass around others from his humidors, and he'd recount on another few hours of good talk at a time when others were exhausted, but he was at his best. this was not always appreciated by the war-weary admirals and gene
he had three uses for cigars. the first was the sheer pleasure, the enjoyment of the flavor of a goodie garre and the -- goodie garre and the fever of relaxation that the smoke brings. the second was as a trademark. sorry. churchill was too shrewd a politician not to realize that his cigar had become an iconic symbol of his grit in the face of adversity. just as fdr's jaunty cigarette holder had become the american president's symbol. touring a devastated area of london, cigar clenched between...
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you can tweet us @booktv, comment on our facebook wall or send us an e-mail. booktv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2. >> here is a look at some books that are being published this week. matthew goodman recounts the story of two women journalists in the late 19th century who attempted to break the record for the fastest trip around the world "in eighty days." in "with charity for all: why charities are failing and a were the way to give," former ceo of npr ken stern investigates u.s. nonprofit organizations and argues that the industry needs to be reformed. pulitzer prize-winning reporter michael moss reports from inside the labs and boardrooms of the processed foods industry in "salt sugar fat." in the battle of bretton woods, benn steil, senior fellow and director of economics at the council on foreign relations recounts the united nations' monetary conference that took place in bretton woods, new hampshire, and resulted in the creation of the international monetary fund and the international bank for reconstruction and development. now part of the
you can tweet us @booktv, comment on our facebook wall or send us an e-mail. booktv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2. >> here is a look at some books that are being published this week. matthew goodman recounts the story of two women journalists in the late 19th century who attempted to break the record for the fastest trip around the world "in eighty days." in "with charity for all: why charities are failing and a were the way to give," former ceo of npr ken...
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especially from those nations that would use a cyberattack to weaken us. with the defense strategy that we have put in place, our hope is that we can deal with a wide range of threats. that we can do it in a way that meets our fiscal responsibilities. i don't think you have to choose between protecting national security and protecting our fiscal security as well. this strategy in our ability to confront security challenges that i talked about, it is out of very serious risk. not because of our capabilities. not because of what we can do. not because of the strength of the united states. we are the strongest military power in the world. that's not what creates a serious risk. what creates a serious risk today is the pervasive budget uncertainties that threatens our economic future and security. since the budget control act was passed in 2011, other agencies and the government have been living under this serious clout. the shadow. a shadow of sequestration. this legislative madness. it was designed be so bad -- so bad -- that no one in their right mind let i
especially from those nations that would use a cyberattack to weaken us. with the defense strategy that we have put in place, our hope is that we can deal with a wide range of threats. that we can do it in a way that meets our fiscal responsibilities. i don't think you have to choose between protecting national security and protecting our fiscal security as well. this strategy in our ability to confront security challenges that i talked about, it is out of very serious risk. not because of our...
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you use sand, water, and a little bit of chemicals. all that, it all goes into trucks and it is all very heady freight. that's why tonnage overall is going better than the number of loads. that freight when you measure the weight counts were. very heady freight, that's flat bed. so again, temperature controlled is mainly food. although it's interesting, a lot more electronics are going in temperature controlled eric not have your degree but they don't want to get very hot or very cold. but most of temperature controlled is food. so anyway, this is interesting because it just confirms what we already know, we're producing more energy and housing starting to rebound. in this industry is than it was a few years ago. economy essentially rebound. it's not growing as fast as it should as marty shoji, but it has rebounded. but prior to the recession, we are not operating as many trucks as we once did your. .. and demand demand being the red line, the number of shipments and the blue line being the number of trucks we are operating, you can se
you use sand, water, and a little bit of chemicals. all that, it all goes into trucks and it is all very heady freight. that's why tonnage overall is going better than the number of loads. that freight when you measure the weight counts were. very heady freight, that's flat bed. so again, temperature controlled is mainly food. although it's interesting, a lot more electronics are going in temperature controlled eric not have your degree but they don't want to get very hot or very cold. but most...